OFFICE ADMINISTRATION $-$ HOMEWORK $8$

Overview

These situations are designed to help you develop one of the most important workplace skills identified by employers $$ Critical Thinking.

Developing these skills requires that a person:

$$ Thinking creatively by generating new ideas

$$ Make decisions by specifying goals and constraints, generating alternatives, considering risks, and evaluating alternatives

$$ Learn by using learning techniques to acquire and apply knowledge or skills

$$ Reason by discovering a rule or principle underlying relationship between objects and apply when solving a problem

Directions

Privacy Test

Mr$.$ Wilson has concerns about how the Canadian privacy laws relate to the electronic documents at PDI Inc. He wants all the administrative staff to receive training. He asks you to visit the Office of Privacy Commissioner of Canada at ww$.$priv.gc$.$ca and watch the video PIPEDA and Your Business: What you need to know about protecting your customers$$ privacy and report back to him. He asks you to do the following:

$$ Provide a summary of the content presented in the bulleted points

$$ Comment on the effectiveness of the video and helpful media for PDI Inc.$$s administrative staff

$$ Explore the website and recommend three additional content resources for training purposes and for Mr$.$ Wilson to incorporate into the training.

$$ Note the provinces in Canada possessing their own privacy laws separate from PIPEDA.

Prepare your responses in a keyed document or in an email message to Mr$.$ Wilson.